Abstract
Partnerships are effective and sustainable mechanisms that enable development NGOs effectively achieve their mandates and project interventions at community level. However many partnerships fail to achieve their envisioned outcomes due to factors that limit or hinder their success. It is often difficult to consistently manage partnership success when the partnership involves organizations with different mandates, organizational structures, values, professional capacities and limited resources. The purpose of the study was to explore factors that are perceived as key in facilitating partnership success from the perspective of local NGOs engaged in development partnerships. Experiences and understanding of NGO leaders and staff engaged in partnership work were explored through a series of interviews. The study revealed the following factors that were perceived to be key to nurturing successful partnerships; commitment, communication, shared vision and purpose, collaborative leadership and realistic funding. It is important for any agency or institution seeking to collaborate with others to identify and monitor both the’ hard’ and ‘soft’ aspects that promote partnership success.
Highlights
Partnerships play a key role in sustainable development [1]
The study findings were consistent with the other studies on factors that facilitate partnership success [20, 21]
Effective partnerships have the right decision makers at the table with a commitment to contribute time and resources [22].Consistent commitment from each organization or individual is key to partnership success
Summary
Partnerships play a key role in sustainable development [1]. They provide an opportunity to facilitate scale up of development interventions and leveraging of services, expertise and sustainable resources at community level.There is increased interest in engaging in partnerships because more resources can be accessed to address local needs [2] through such collaborations.2. Partnerships play a key role in sustainable development [1]. They provide an opportunity to facilitate scale up of development interventions and leveraging of services, expertise and sustainable resources at community level. There is increased interest in engaging in partnerships because more resources can be accessed to address local needs [2] through such collaborations. Legitimate relationships between organizations are diverse and include collaboration, cooperation, alliances, consortia, networks or joint ventures ; not all of those can be called partnerships [3]. Partnerships are defined as collaborative relationships between various parties, who aim to achieve a common purpose, and to share risks, responsibilities, resources and benefits [4]
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